♂ - … My muse’s father
send a symbol for a drabble // accepting.
She’s mesmerized by his lyre; blue eyes wide in awe as he continues to pluck strings. He should have known that their love for music would be inherited. For all there was in the world nothing brought his people, his family, together like it did, and he was grateful for it.
The last note of the song faded softly, and the girl’s hands clapped furiously together as she demanded another. Dorn set aside the lyre laughing, “Maerad, you know as well as I that you were meant to be sleeping already. Don’t pout, my lily-pad!” His heart tugged at the jutting lip, the watering eyes, but that trick has already pulled two additional songs from him. His daughter could play him as well as he could play the lyre.
“Tomorrow, I promise to play more. If I keep you up any longer your mother will have my head.” His face twisted to one of panic, throwing a fearful glance over his shoulder as if Milana would come jumping out from behind a wardrobe. Maerad giggled.
Dorn tucked his child in, mindful not to catch her messy hair as he leaned down to kiss her forehead. “Goodnight, my Maerad,” he whispered, fixing the covers once more before getting up. By the time he’d gathered his lyre into his arms the girl was fast asleep. He chuckled at that. Her stubbornness, like the music, was inherited, too, though that particular trait was tossed between him and his wife through jests.









